Treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia with the carbon dioxide laser: report of 543 patients.
Five hundred forty-three patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were treated with the carbon dioxide laser and 441 have been seen for follow-up. The success rate was 76.4% after 1 treatment and 98% after 2 treatments. Many patients who returned with apparent minor abnormalities at the first follow-up visit had normal colposcopic results and Papanicolaou smears 6 months later. The complication rate was low, and no significant problems were caused by pain or bleeding at the time of treatment. Postoperative hemorrhage requiring hospital admission occurred in 1% of patients. Laser treatment should be carried out only in departments with colposcopic expertise.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000601:surgery*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D002245:Carbon Dioxide